Jami at-Tirmidhi

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Regarding Some Loaves Of Wheat Bread That Sufficed For Seventy Or Eighty Men

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Darussalam · Volume 6

46. Chapters On Al-Manāqib (Virtues) From The Messenger Of Allāh ﷺ

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الجزء: 6 ¦ الصفحة: 21

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3630. Anas bin Mālik said: "Abū Ṭalḥah said to Umm Sulaim: 'I heard the voice of the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ sounding weak and I sensed some hunger in it. Do you have anything?', She said: 'Yes.' So she got some loaves of wheat bread, then she took out a Khimār of hers, and put the bread in it. Then she put it under my arm, and wrapped my upper body with part of it, and she sent me to the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ.'" He said: "So I brought it to him, and I found the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ sitting in the Masjid, and there were people with him. So I stood among them, and the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: 'Has Abū Ṭalḥah sent you?' I said: 'Yes.' He said: 'With food?' I said: 'Yes.' So the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said to those with him: 'Stand up.'" So they left, and I left in front of them, until I came to Abū Ṭalḥah, and I told him (that they were coming). Abū Ṭalḥah said: 'O Umm Sulaim! The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ is coming with people, and we don't have anything to feed them.' Umm Sulaim said: 'Allāh and His Messenger know best.'" He said: "So Abū Ṭalḥah departed until he met up with the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ. The Messenger of Allāh came, while Abū Ṭalḥah was with him, until they entered, when the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: 'Come O Umm Sulaim! What do you have?' So she brought him that bread, and he ﷺ ordered that it be broken into pieces. Umm Sulaim poured some butter from an oil-skin upon them, then the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ recited whatever Allāh willed for him to say over it. Then he said: 'Let ten come.' So ten were admitted, and they ate until they were full, and then they left. Then he said: 'Let ten come.' So ten were admitted, and they ate until they were full, and then they left. So all of the people ate until they were full, and there were seventy or eighty men." (Saḥīh) [Abū 'Eisā said:] This Hadīth is Hasan Saḥīh.

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٣٦٣٠ - حَدَّثَنَا ‌إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ مُوسَى الْأَنْصَارِيُّ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا ‌مَعْنٌ قَالَ: عَرَضْتُ عَلَى ‌مَالِكِ بْنِ أَنَسٍ ، عَنْ ‌إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ أَبِي طَلْحَةَ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ ‌أَنَسَ بْنَ مَالِكٍ يَقُولُ: «قَالَ أَبُو طَلْحَةَ» لِأُمِّ سُلَيْمٍ: لَقَدْ سَمِعْتُ صَوْتَ رَسُولِ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ضَعِيفًا أَعْرِفُ فِيهِ الْجُوعَ، فَهَلْ عِنْدَكِ مِنْ شَيْءٍ؟ فَقَالَتْ: نَعَمْ، فَأَخْرَجَتْ أَقْرَاصًا مِنْ شَعِيرٍ، ثُمَّ أَخْرَجَتْ خِمَارًا لَهَا، فَلَفَّتِ الْخُبْزَ بِبَعْضِهِ، ثُمَّ دَسَّتْهُ فِي يَدِي وَرَدَّتْنِي بِبَعْضِهِ، ثُمَّ أَرْسَلَتْنِي إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، قَالَ: فَذَهَبْتُ بِهِ إِلَيْهِ، فَوَجَدْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ جَالِسًا فِي الْمَسْجِدِ وَمَعَهُ النَّاسُ. قَالَ: فَقُمْتُ عَلَيْهِمْ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: أَرْسَلَكَ أَبُو طَلْحَةَ فَقُلْتُ: نَعَمْ، قَالَ: بِطَعَامٍ فَقُلْتُ: نَعَمْ. فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: لِمَنْ مَعَهُ: قُومُوا. قَالَ: فَانْطَلَقُوا، فَانْطَلَقْتُ بَيْنَ أَيْدِيهِمْ حَتَّى جِئْتُ أَبَا طَلْحَةَ فَأَخْبَرْتُهُ، فَقَالَ أَبُو طَلْحَةَ: يَا أُمَّ سُلَيْمٍ، قَدْ جَاءَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَالنَّاسُ مَعَهُ، وَلَيْسَ عِنْدَنَا مَا نُطْعِمُهُمْ، قَالَتْ أُمُّ سُلَيْمٍ: اللهُ وَرَسُولُهُ أَعْلَمُ، قَالَ: فَانْطَلَقَ أَبُو طَلْحَةَ حَتَّى لَقِيَ رَسُولَ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، فَأَقْبَلَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَأَبُو طَلْحَةَ مَعَهُ حَتَّى دَخَلَا، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: هَلُمِّي يَا أُمَّ سُلَيْمٍ مَا عِنْدَكِ، فَأَتَتْهُ بِذَلِكَ الْخُبْزِ، فَأَمَرَ بِهِ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَفُتَّ، وَعَصَرَتْ أُمُّ سُلَيْمٍ بِعُكَّةٍ لَهَا فَأَدَمَتْهُ، ثُمَّ قَالَ فِيهِ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مَا شَاءَ اللهُ أَنْ يَقُولَ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: ائْذَنْ لِعَشَرَةٍ، فَأَذِنَ لَهُمْ فَأَكَلُوا حَتَّى شَبِعُوا ثُمَّ خَرَجُوا. ثُمَّ قَالَ: ائْذَنْ لِعَشَرَةٍ، فَأَذِنَ لَهُمْ فَأَكَلُوا حَتَّى شَبِعُوا ثُمَّ خَرَجُوا، فَأَكَلَ الْقَوْمُ كُلُّهُمْ وَشَبِعُوا، وَالْقَوْمُ سَبْعُونَ أَوْ ثَمَانُونَ رَجُلًا. هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ.

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It was the blessing of the invocation of the Prophet ﷺ that only a few pieces of bread became sufficient for the large number of seventy or eighty people, and still the food was enough for more people. The Prophet ﷺ ate himself and also gave it to the neighbors as well. See Tuhfat Al-Ahwadhi. The blessing of the supplication of the Prophet ﷺ has no concern or link with today's 'Khatam'. This Khatam is a particular type of ceremony which is an innovation. Some verses of the Qur'an are recited and blown over the food, and first of all the Qārī takes his share and vanishes from the scene where as the Prophet ﷺ distributed the food among the Companions, and in the end, he ate with the members of the house.